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Any bug experts here?
08-10-2015 | Me

Posted on 08/10/2015 10:58:34 AM PDT by Kevin in California

Been living in the Bay Area (San Jose) since 1967 and have never seen one of these beetles until the last week or so. The pic is deceiving but this thing is pretty good sized. Sounds like a mini 747 when it flies. Also, has a bad ass shiny green color almost looks like it was green anodized.

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KEYWORDS: beetle; california; greenjunebeetle; insect; junebeetle
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To: Kevin in California

That’s a Junebug. Harmless, at least here they are.


101 posted on 08/10/2015 12:33:20 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Kevin in California

June Bug


102 posted on 08/10/2015 12:37:57 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Kevin in California

Rather than read the other posts I’m going to ask the question:

Are you logged in?
Moose, Cheese, Sister?


103 posted on 08/10/2015 12:39:59 PM PDT by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: Original Lurker

‘August Patch’

/s


104 posted on 08/10/2015 12:40:42 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: T-Bone Texan

I spray Malathion occasionally. Nasty stuff you really don’t want to even breathe the fumes of.


105 posted on 08/10/2015 12:44:26 PM PDT by lwd
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To: Kevin in California
I say leave it alone, cuz when it matures it will be real helpful:


106 posted on 08/10/2015 12:50:31 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Right, then they’re kinda greeny-yellow.


107 posted on 08/10/2015 1:31:59 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Obama is an enemy of the US.)
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To: Kevin in California

I think that’s a hissing beetle!

Seriously, they have like hairs on their legs which when rubbed together, make a sound like the beetle is hissing at you.

It will kinda rear up and go postal if you know what I mean.


108 posted on 08/10/2015 1:43:20 PM PDT by djf ("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
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To: Kevin in California
That's the latest DARPA drone. Just released for field trials by DHS.
109 posted on 08/10/2015 1:54:29 PM PDT by kitchen (The people on the left are enemies, not countrymen with different opinions.)
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To: Kevin in California
I think you may have a Green June beetle; compare to Japanese beetle.....


110 posted on 08/10/2015 2:27:49 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: djf
Seriously, they have like hairs on their legs which when rubbed together, make a sound like the beetle is hissing at you.

You're talking about environmental feminists who hang out at "Occupation" rallies, right?

111 posted on 08/10/2015 2:29:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (<i>)
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To: JoeProBono

Eww. Squash it.


112 posted on 08/10/2015 6:34:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Kevin in California

It looks like a Dung Beetle, aka a scarab.


113 posted on 08/10/2015 6:53:14 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

It’s a Junebug. We used to catch them and tie a string to one of their legs and “fly” them around and around. Harmless, don’t bite, don’t destroy any vegetation that I’m aware. Nobody here bears them ill will, look forward to seeing them really, harbinger of summer that they are, like lightning bugs which appear along about the same time.


114 posted on 08/10/2015 6:56:33 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Original Lurker

June bugs are bigger than that, and have stripes on their back.


115 posted on 08/10/2015 6:59:30 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: JoeProBono

Are those eyelashes?


116 posted on 08/10/2015 7:31:11 PM PDT by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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